run from 24 March to 3 April 1991 and will be led by ex-OSME Council 
member, David Fisher, and the well-known Egyptian ornithologist 
Sherif Baha el Din. The tour will visit most of Egypt's well-known 
birdwatching sites, including Suez, Wadi Natrun, the Nile at Luxor 
and Aswan, Abu Simbel, and Hurghada on the Red Sea. Spring 
migration will be at its peak, and the tour should see a good variety of 
migrating raptors, waders and passerines, as well as Egypt's resident 
birds. Likely Egyptian specialities include Black-shouldered Kite, 
Painted Snipe, Senegal Thick-knee, KittUtz's Plover, Sooty and White- 
eyed Gulls, Crested and Lesser Crested Terns, Senegal Coucal and 
Nile Valley Sunbird. 
The tour will also visit the main historical sites, including the Valley of 
the Kings, the temples at Philae, Abu Simbel and Karnak, the Great 
Pyramids and the Sphinx. OSME members qualify for a 10% discount 
on the tour price, reducing it to about £1475. In addition, OSME 
members receive priority booking, and until 1st November only 
OSME members may book for the tour. 
We hope that the tour will provide OSME members with an opportu- 
nity to birdwatch in a structured way in one of the most ornithologi- 
cally famous of the Middle Eastern countries. OSME will also benefit 
financially from this trip. For full details of the tour write to David 
Fisher, Sunbird, PO Box 76, Sandy, Bedfordshhire SG19 IDF. Tele- 
phone 0767 682969. Please ensure that you mention your OSME 
membership when making your booking or enquiry. 
OSME expedition to the Republic of Yemen 
The Society is currently planning its second expedition, which is 
destined once again for Yemen. This time efforts will be concentrated 
in the south of the country, in the area that was, until the recent merger 
of the two Yemens, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 
(PDRY). 
The time will be eight weeks from February to April, 1992 or 1993, 
depending on the necessary permissions being granted. More details 
will appear in Bulletin 26, but in the meantime any member who is 
likely to be interested should write to the expedition leader, Richard 
Porter, c/o The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SGI 9 2DL, UK. Please 
give brief details of the ornithological and other experience that an 
expedition might find useful (eg, are you a botanist, car mechanic, first 
aider, photographer etc?). Expedition members will be expected to 
spend at least a month in Yemen and be prepared to make a £500 
contribution to the cost. 
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